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Caption: "Call Building Burning," shows the Call Building on Market and 3rd Streets on fire after the earthquake, with people and horses in the foreground. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Approaching Grinnell Glacier - Glacier National Park," c. 1935.
Date: 1935
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Caption: "Carquinez Bridge, Crockett, California. Oct. 9, 1934." This photograph shows the original Carquinez Bridge, built to span the Carquinez Strait and thereby contribute to a direct route between Sacramento and San Francisco. The steel cantilevered bridge, designed by Robinson & Steinman, was constructed in 1927. It is no longer extant, having been replaced by two parallel bridges constructed in 1958 and 2003. The structure of the original bridge was removed in 2007. See also 96-07-08-alb04-004.
Date: 10/9/1934
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Caption: "Fountain of Winter," shows the Fountain of Winter (Furio Piccirilli, sculptor), in the Court of the Four Seasons, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 97-07-08-alb01-102 and 96-07-08-alb03-033.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Brooklyn Bridge N.Y.," c. 1925. Erroneously labeled, this photograph actually shows the Manhattan Bridge spanning the East River, just west of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Manhattan Bridge, designed by Leon Moisseiff, opened in 1909.
Date: 1925